Easterly v. Goodwin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Debt on a judgment recovered in the state of California ; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford county, and tried on the general issue, closed to the court, with notice of a discharge obtained in the state of California after the judgment was rendered, under the laws of that state. The judgment is the same one on which the Connecticut judgment described in the case nest preceding was founded. The following facts were found by the court.
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Debt on a judgment recovered in the state of California ; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford county, and tried on the general issue, closed to the court, with notice of a discharge obtained in the state of California after the judgment was rendered, under the laws of that state. The judgment is the same one on which the Connecticut judgment described in the case nest preceding was founded. The following facts were found by the court. The plaintiff, Easterly, recovered judgment against the defendant in May, 3858, in the District Court of one of the districts of the state of California,…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
The case of Ogden v. Saunders, 12 Wheaton, 218, decides that a state has not the constitutional power to discharge its citizens by a bankrupt or insolvent law, from contracts made with them by citizens of other states. Judge Johnson, in giving the opinion of the court and commenting upon the authority of a state to pass bankrupt or insolvent laws, says that “ as between citizens of the same state, a discharge of a bankrupt is valid as it affects posterior contracts, as against citizens of other states it is invalid as to all contracts.”
This view of the case of Ogden v. Saunders was taken by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Poe v. DuckCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853
- Gassies v. BallonSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Watson v. BourneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
- Parkinson v. ScovilleNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Twiss v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1832
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- McDonald v. Hartford Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
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- Alton v. AltonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Hewitt v. Wheeler School & LibrarySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Gaddle v. MannU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 1906
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